While the Australian new car market saw the usual crop of dualcab utes and SUVs lead the overall sales in 2023, there was a notable change in the sports car sector, with Subaru’s BRZ topping the segment for the first time. The BRZ outsold the Ford Mustang, which had been the Number 1 seller in the ‘Sports Cars under $80,000’ category since 2016.
Data released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) for Sports Cars under $80,000 reveals that 1,573 units of the BRZ were sold in 2023,1,475 Mustangs. Last year’s result was also the best sales year ever for the BRZ, beating the 1,411 total from 2013 and a 35 per cent increase on 2022’s sales. For the Mustang, last year’s sales were the lowest since the model was officially released here in late-2015.
